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Forever hopeful
30 jan 2018 0 kommentarer
Wednesday we’re back on the road for another chance against Sollentuna. It’s been a while since we last played them, and a lot of evolution has happened since then.
Our goal going into this game will be to finally earn some points. To achieve this goal there are only two main focuses. Our serving and our receiving. The last time we played them, the team collectively missed 15 serves in 4 sets! This is an exhorbant amount. No team can expect to be victorious with so many direct mistakes. Sollentuna isn’t always a strong reception team, so it will be absolutely crucial to our success to keep these serving errors to an extreme minimum and force them to be in an out of system play.
The team’s reception was the other element that gave Sollentuna the upper hand last time around. We need to have total confidence in our passing, and simply do the job we are supposed to do. With a strong first contact, all of our hitting options will open up, and we will have a better shot at earning those points we are setting out to achieve.
Until then, we have one more training to get some solid touches in, and get our minds focused and prepared for the battle that will surely ensue. We sincerely hope that after all of these months of hard work and adversity, it will finally pay off tomorrow evening.
Time and distance
6 feb 2018 0 kommentarer
The last game against Sollentuna was an extremely hard loss to swallow. It seems that the team performs extremely well against the big teams of the league, and underperforms when it comes to the teams we can actually compete with. This is not a question of skill or inferiority, but a matter of mental strength and confidence. Fear is the biggest enemy to a volleyball player and when you play with fear, you will surely be unsuccessful. Sadly our team showed up with fear and we were our own worst enemies.
We managed to achieve a few goals set out during this game, but none of those goals really matter in this circumstance because it is once again a missed opportunity. A missed opportunity to take a set, a point, or even our first win.
Elin stepped up and did a great job for the team in the middle which we hope to carry forward in future games.
Confidence isn’t an easy thing to have when you’re losing all of the time, but the team has to find a way. With such few games left to play in the Eliteserien, we have to enjoy every second of it while it’s here, because nobody knows what the future holds. One thing is certain - we still have just as many opportunities to win a game like any other team in the league, we just need to believe that and be confident.
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